Toast & Jam
About Us
Chicago's Go-To Wedding DJ
Toast & Jam isn’t your run-of-the-mill DJ and events company—we're Chicago's party starters with over two decades of making ordinary events, extraordinary. Our DJ's pack the dancefloor and act as an extension to event planners, orchestrating seamless, stress-free experiences. But we don’t just bring the funk, we bring the complete party package. From flashy photo booths to dazzling lighting and exhilarating CO2 cannons, your guests will be talking about your party for years! If you're ready to turn your event into a legendary soirée, look no further than Toast & Jam.
We love to give back!
Many of our DJs are active members of the Active Transportation Alliance, an bike advocacy organization that promotes safe bicycle use in Chicago. We are also very proud to provide pro-bono DJ services to several organizations that promote environmental awareness including the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Garfield Conservatory and the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Staying Sustainable
Toast & Jam DJs use paperless invoicing, faxes and contracts. When we do print, we use a highly efficient laser jet printer and recycled paper. We even recycle the toner cartridges. We use Nest, a smart thermostat company to lower energy use, and among Nest users nationwide, our office is in the top 5% for “least amount of energy used."
In the office, we recycle all the basics (paper, plastic, aluminum, etc.), but we also have a battery repository so DJs can drop off their used batteries that we then recycle. Even though most of our DJs have switched to rechargeable batteries, we recycle those too when they need to be replaced. We compost everything from the office using both a vermi-composter and a barrel composter.
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, well then that's a lot of paper and ink. We're proud to offer our clients digital photo booths that send photos straight to their phone. Preserving memories and the planet at the same time—it doesn't get much better than that!
For meetings, most of our DJs ride their bikes or take public transit to the office. For events, all of our DJs use compact, fuel-efficient cars (several have a Prius and a couple exclusively use Zipcar).
We've also switched entirely to digital format music, instead of using CD or records. And while records are awesome, they are made of petroleum and they are very heavy which means they require more fuel to be transported to and from events.
We utilize a woman-owned cleaning service for our office that uses only environmentally safe cleaning materials.
Finally, several of our DJs have urban gardens and share their extra produce within the Toast & Jam family.
